NENPA eBulletin
Industry News – Sept 2016
Buyouts completed, GateHouse says no layoffs needed
N.H.’s Telegraph editor resigns over censored story
Concerts to benefit Conn. publisher’s scholarship fund
Financial woes revealed...
Tips for getting the most out of networking events
John Foust, advertising
John Foust has conducted training programs for thousands of newspaper advertising professionals. Many ad departments are using his training videos to save time...
Slimp lists most popular training topics in 2016
Kevin Slimp, technology
Kevin Slimp is director of the Institute of Newspaper Technology.
Email questions to him at
kevin@kevinslimp.comIt’s that time of year again. Depending on when...
Journalists taking a buyout from The Providence Journal
Among the journalists taking a buyout recently from The Providence Journal are the following: Edward Fitzpatrick, leaving as political columnist to become director of...
Laura Beth Levis
Laura Beth Levis, 34, of Somerville, Mass., died Sept. 22 of a severe asthma attack.
Levis began her career at The Boston Globe as an...
Natalie Timberlake
Natalie Timberlake, 89, of Norway, Maine, died Sept. 20 at the Norway Center for Health and Rehabilitation.
Timberlake was a correspondent for the Portland (Maine)...
Denis Finley / Michael Townsend
Denis Finley, former editor in chief of The Virginian-Pilot of Norfolk, Va., is becoming the new executive editor at The Burlington Free Press as...
Richard T. ‘Dick’ Murphy
Richard T. “Dick” Murphy, 78, of Stoughton, Mass., died Sept. 24 in Blue Hills Health and Rehabilitation Center in Stoughton.
He was a journalist for...
Gerald E. ‘Jerry’ Bertrand
Gerald E. “Jerry” Bertrand, 69, of Scituate, Mass., died Sept. 24 in the South Shore Rehabilitation and
Skilled Care Center in Rockland, Mass.
Bertrand had a...
Lloyd P. ‘Mike’ Heldman
Lloyd P. “Mike” Heldman, 81, of Augusta, Maine, died Sept. 5 in Togus Springs Hospice in Augusta.
Heldman had been a salesman with the Sun...